New Delhi: A batch of 180 Sikh and Hindu families from Afghanistan arrived at the IGI airport in Delhi on Friday, Vikramjit Singh Sahney, President of the World Punjabi Organization said.
He further added that with this last charter flight, his organisation has evacuated 500 Sikhs and Hindu families stranded in Kabul. "We will provide accommodation to all these people in need. For this purpose three quarantine centers have been made for these refugees at Gurdwara Rakab Ganj, Moti Bagh and Bangla Sahib," Sahney said.
Sahney also revealed that all the refugee families have been sponsored by various NRI Sikhs in USA, UK, Middle East and members of the World Punjabi Organization under the "Mere Parivar Mera Samman" program.
